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“Time is the very essence of life itself, and life exists in our hearts.”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“The professor smiled. “If people knew the nature of death,” he said after a moment’s silence,
“they’d cease to be afraid of it. And if they ceased to be afraid of it, no one could rob them of their time any more.”
― Michael Ende, Momo

“...repeated trauma in childhood forms and deforms the personality. The child trapped in an abusive environment is faced with formidable tasks of adaptation. She must find a way to preserve a sense of trust in people who are untrustworthy, safety in a situation that is unsafe, control in a situation that is terrifyingly unpredictable, power in a situation of helplessness. Unable to care for or protect herself, she must compensate for the failures of adult care and protection with the only means at her disposal, an immature system of psychological defenses.”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

“In his opinion, all the world’s misfortunes stemmed from the countless untruths, both deliberate and unintentional, which people told because of haste or carelessness.”
― Michael Ende, Momo